Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE) - interview 2013 @Linea Rock by Barbara Caserta

Interview with Ian Paice 2013 - Linea Rock by Barbara Caserta

Mr IAN PAICE interviewed by Barbara Caserta in our Radio Lombardia Studios in Milano. In a long chat Barbara & Ian goes “deep” about the new album “NOW WHAT!?”, (which arrives 8 years after last studio effort “Rapture of the Deep”) and its vintage 70s flavour. We also talked about Bob Ezrin chosen as the producer (he worked with the greatest, like Kiss, Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper among others), the unforgotten Jon Lord (the new track “Above and Beyond” is dedicated to him and Ian goes deeply personal on it), Ian’s fave songs to play live from the drumming point of view (especially DP classics). And about his very first memories connected to Italy way back in the mid 60s when he was playing at "Piccolo Teatro Milano" with The Maze… and touring, not only with Purple but also Whitesnake and Gary Moore. And also about how does it feel to be one of the most influential pioneers in rock drumming, about the eternal “clash of the titans” Bonham/Paice & Purple/Zep, his fast/smooth/left-handed drumming style, typical jokes about drummers and of course about how does it feel to be the only surviving member of the first original “Deep Purple Mark 1”! We welcomed Ian in the studio all covered in DP vinyls, basically the whole discography, plus all his sideworks, projects, collaborations, so you can imagine how the place was packed of great music… Ian was so happily surprised and enjoyed it much: “I don’t even have some of those at home”, he went surprising us back, soooo funny… We asked him to pick just one disc and sign it for us: his choice went on… drumroll… “Made in Japan, a monumental masterpiece I’ll be proud of eternally!”. Class act, with such a high human value.
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